trueA CalPERS-sponsored study on treasury management finds that only 38% of pension funds responding said they are confident in their ability to accurately forecast cash needs for private investments beyond 30 days.

trueVenture capital firms raised $29.8 billion from 254 funds during 2014, according to data released Monday by the National Venture Capital Association. The aggregate amount raised was a 68.6% increase from 2013. The number of funds rose 22.7% from a year earlier.

truePrivate equity managers are more likely to sell than buy in 2015. This should give investors more cash in their pockets from the expected distributions from these sales. These distributions of capital will help keep private equity's internal rates of return up.